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Jet Pass Fk Zone

Shotgun·Spread Flex·11
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Breakdown

Jet Pass Fk Zone is a jet sweep fake paired with a play-action passing concept out of the Shotgun Spread Flex set. The offense sells the jet motion action to freeze linebackers and force zone defenders to widen out of their drops, then attacks the vacated intermediate and deep zones with the route combo behind it. This is primarily a zone beater designed to punish teams that key on the jet motion, with the primary read progression starting at the deep route to see if the fake pulled a safety down before working to the intermediate crosser and then the underneath check down against a fast zone rotation.

Defensive Reads

Key the middle linebacker and strong safety at the snap, if they crash down hard on the jet motion the deep shot behind them will be wide open. Cover 3 with aggressive run support from the corners gets gashed by this concept since the flow to the fake opens the deep third. Man coverage defenses that do not bite on the fake shut this play down quickly, so check the corner alignment presnap for man press or bail technique. Watch for a delayed blitz or contain defender staying home on the jet action, that defender can become a lurking threat on the shallow crosser if you hold the ball too long. Cover 4 quarters shells with disciplined safeties will not bite on the fake, forcing you to progress fast to the underneath outlet instead of the deep shot.

Usage Tips

Use pre-snap motion with the jet man to bait linebackers into overcommitting to the fake before the snap, then confirm your first read on the timing of the play action.

Watch for base Cover 3 or Cover 4 shells presnap since this play is built to exploit defenses that flow hard toward jet sweep tendencies.

Hot route the backside receiver into a quick out or speed out if you see man coverage rolled down to that side, since the play action fake loses value against pure man teams that do not respect the run.

Call this on early downs in run heavy personnel situations to keep the defense honest, then follow it up later in the drive with Tear Speed Option or PA Jet Sweep from the same set so the defense cannot sit on the fake.

Pair this with Inside Zone and Outside Zone earlier in a series to build run tendency data that makes the linebackers bite harder on the fake when you finally throw Jet Pass Fk Zone.

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